Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = We're setting up the public webserver and want to make sure we optimize WebStar and WebCatalog security features and folder hierarchies. Are their any security gotcha's that we need to look out for (like being able to type www.mydomain.com/webstar.log and displaying a list of all hits on the site, or competitors typing in www.mydomain.com/items.db and getting a dump of our hard-earned database)?Also, for neatnicks who like to organize everything into folders, what WebCatalog files have to be together? Do databases have to be in the same folder as Webstar or WebCatalog or the templates that use them (I've never seen a relative path to a database in examples)?This server will be running WebStar 2.1 and WebStar SSL, Web Merchant and MacAuthorize.Thanks!Sandy Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Mac) (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)
  2. Re: Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Mac) (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)
  3. Re: Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Mac) (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. Paths, relative paths, webstar server setup and security (Sandra L. Pitner 1997)
We're setting up the public webserver and want to make sure we optimize WebStar and WebCatalog security features and folder hierarchies. Are their any security gotcha's that we need to look out for (like being able to type www.mydomain.com/webstar.log and displaying a list of all hits on the site, or competitors typing in www.mydomain.com/items.db and getting a dump of our hard-earned database)?Also, for neatnicks who like to organize everything into folders, what WebCatalog files have to be together? Do databases have to be in the same folder as Webstar or WebCatalog or the templates that use them (I've never seen a relative path to a database in examples)?This server will be running WebStar 2.1 and WebStar SSL, Web Merchant and MacAuthorize.Thanks!Sandy Sandra L. Pitner

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